Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-03
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M.scELLANEous.
y While repairing an old log house
lear Dunbar Camp. Fayette County,
"a. John Robuck found well-pre-
,crved oak box, which, when opened,
VAS found to contain 81, $50 ia gold
md silver.
"a man fishing on the Nnchefoone
Greek, in Georgia, got a bite and saw
his cork 60 down like q shot. He be-
ran pulling in, but had to call for help,
md landed turtle weighing zoo
I pounds.
~ hive Of bees was found under 4
'ornice that was being repaired last
week on house In Salem, Mass. and
liter the insects had been smothered q
tore OF honey amounting to q tub and
halt was secured.
Mamma Now, Berthe, / want
lou to tell me the truth and not 90
lround Robin Hoods barn. = Berthe
q amt been around Mr.. Hoods barn.
y was Mr.. James. How did You
Enowp''
The winds which heretofore have
blown out the lamps in lighthouses are
% be utilized to keep them burning.
An enormous windmill will be put up
N the cliff Of st. Adresse, near Hayre,
% furnish power to electric accumula-
ors, for use in lighthouses Or elsewhere.
Three girls Of Aroostook. Me-,
walked from Ashland to Portage lake,
lowed across the lake, ate their dinner
md returned to Ashland in the after-
lcon, having travelled eighteen miles.
The same girls can travel on snow
hoes. ride horses, milk, teach school
md play the piano.
a st. Louis voodoo doctor got !
fnna Of money from colored woman,
promising to cure her sick child. He
vent for medicine but did not return.
The woman hunted him up and held q
hickory club over his head until she
,ould send for q policeman and secure
lis arrest.
"a cat belonging to . Scranton, Pa,
nan is extravagantly fond Of organ
md guitar music, but if her master
tlay on the violin she will dart at him
i seized with q fit, scratch him
6eiously and squat as though in great
pain. As soon as he lays the violin
Town she will trot up to him, rub her
lead and back lovingly against his
ankles and purr contentedly.
The following is list Of the heav-
hst hammers in Europe from an his-
orieal point Of view: Fl. Krupp,
essen, 1868, forty tons; Terni Works,
italy. 1873. fifty tons; Creusot. France,
les9, eighty tons; Cockerill. Belgium.
1888. one hundred tons; Fl. Krupp,
Dsasn. 1885. one hundred and fifty tons.
The last is now the heaviest steam
hammer In the world.
THE carving capacity Of q railway
sas Of ten tons has been figured on by
pmsbody, who gives this rs . result:
Wheat, $40 bushels; corn. 400 bushels;
potatoes, $50 bushels; apples, $40 bush-
lie; oats. $50 bushels; lumber, 5000
bet; butter, 10000 pounds; -four, 90
barrels; whisky, 60 barrels; wood, six
lords; cattle, IS to 20 head; hogs, so to
70 head, and sheep, 80 to 100.
AT a funeral the other day at
polona, Ia., it was noticed that the
kcs Of the dead was covered with per-
piration. and, although wiped away
" the undertaken. large drops Of
hoisture soon gathered again. The
tody was buried, however, and now
hsny residents Of the town assert th eir
selisf that the supposed dead man was
buried alive.
Omaha Teacher Did you all give
sttention to the story Of David and Go
tAhp" Classy es' m. Now, why
lid that contest take placer Little
Eirl-"So the big armies wouldn't have
b fight and SO many get killed Cor
iect. Now, why was it that youth
ike David was able to conquer a giant
Ike GOLIATH" Little boy (recently
rom Boston Cause they didn't
light 'cordin' to Queensberry rules
Omaha World. BIZ.
a young man named Doring, who
vas shot at West Troy, N. Z. few
lays ago. visited a church in Troy re-
,ently and there heard friend sing 4
tolo, of which he thought so well that
IT the close Of the services he said to
lis friend in jest: II wish you would
ing . solo at my funeral. = 81 will, =.
laid the friend. At the funeral Of Mr..
Boring the musical service comprised
, single solo. It was sung BY the
tiend, who thus redeemed his promise
Boring was shot by policeman, who
histook him for robber.
There is in Griffin, Ca, q small.
ut child Of remarkable gravity Of de-
neanor and Of an Investigating turn 81
mind. The other day he climbed to the
pw-catcher Of a locomotive, and then.
when it was in motion, fell of. With
'are presence OF mind he lay perfectly
Till until the entire train had passed
,ver him. The experience pleased
lin. and the next day he went down to
he depot and, unseen.b by the engineer,
ny down on the track and waited
here until the train passed over him.
he 10 now pining ID TIE seclusion Of the
PARENTAL backy ard
In collection of statistics on long,
witty recently published in the Boston
globe, it appears that BY far the greater
number Of the old people Of New En-
gland are farmers. Indeed they number
Almost as many as allother men on the
Est. Those named are eighty vaara nd